The Forrest City times., 1887-12-03

The hitherto unprogressive town of Bath. Me, is about to have line Of borsc-csrs.
 Ten thousand chrysanthemums adorned ths public grounds at Washington this summer
 Samuel Taylor bsggcd seyenty-two black. birds in three shots neas Mays Landing, N. J.
 Oregon hunters report ducks geese, and swans coming In in lprge nlmbers which is considered sign of approaching stormy weather
 Says The Plot Point CTcx) Mirror: 'Tha editor put on his haId-boiIed shirt and scissor tail coat and split the wind for Dallas last Tuesday"
 Mrs NJ. E. Parker of Horne. La, proposes to solve the Chinese question by replacing tho Chinese servants with needy gentewomen" from England.
 A retiring editor Of 8 Nevada paper wrote: 'sThauking an overindulgent public for not having mo bbcd me long siuec, am sincerely theirs to serve" etc.
 A brass key, used as q slnker by Tar mouth, N. &, clizcn, was carried away by q fish, and several day slater was found in n lobster pot one mile away.
 Bears are Killing great number of sheep in Fran kiln county, Maire Hotm Ithstanding the repeated eilaris oA the Iart of the farucrs to rid the counlr, of ursine maraudrrs.
 The cheeks of gas-hlowcrs lecome thin and lose iheir elasticity by the continual blowing. It is said cases have beeu repofiel where workers have blown holes thrvhsh t-elf cheeks.
 An American philauth-opist of wealth is said to have subscrihes! sSos0o0 recently foI the founding of uuiyefsits in China. The matter Of is location Is now being considered in that couuiry.
 In China Inc rule of the road Is to keep to the left but ihe co,ly hear,rs can't be taught to mind it and ,hcre are freql'en, collisions, which the omen ur oilrrs in the jnriehshas or sedan ehsiis are badly hurt.
 There is movement in the commercial and buslncs, circles of San Fraaci,eo To form a pub ic defense committee" to aid in sup press ng crimes which arc now corruptiug public officers and defeating justice.
 Tie lovers promenade around Carksville Tenn. has been deserted lately; owing 10 the presence of pet deer which had been iu the habit of making vicious attacks upon the yousg people who frcquenied the resort
 In London a short time aCo two ragpiekcrs were sent 10 jail for spending for necessary articles Q sovereign which they found in a casiaway coat The justice said the poor devils should have reported the iinl 10 the police.
 A Nee York Hor'f reporter figures out that Jay Goulrs trip across in tae Umbria will cost him aloHt 8 0,a The captains cabin Is s50a, tle six choice slateroons ss0), and thcu inc party are to have private dining-rooln and other extras
 There isasecrci agent Of the Mormon church in Portand. Me, who for years has worked fof hls cause without detection It is said that be has made j number of converts in Maine and Massachusetts, and has shown his faith by his works having taken seven wives.
 Corca recently broke down her ancient bar riers so far as to send an envoy to Japan, but the government WAS so poor that 1t could not support him, and soon coming 10 the end of bis resources, be had to ask aid of the Japa. nesc government to avoid being put in decper ate straits.
 Tie military marches accomplished by the ancients were fully equal to those of the modern soldiers. In The second Punic war Ulaudlus Nero performed the most wonderful feat of the kind on record by marching pick ed body of i,0eO horse and 6,00o foot 22o miles in six days
 Once everybody used to send silver plate for wedding presents, but now cut glass and brie- a bTae ere the rage A Philadelphia bride re- ceiyed 60 many of the latter that she can hardly fud houseroom for them. Out of two hundred preseuts she received not one was in the silver line.
 The fnrl extpction of tie seal otter at the Aleutian islands. On tbe Pacific coast, seems certain. The Russians made such havoc among them that at the time Alaska was sold to the United States only four or five hundred year were taken, aud they are growing scar cer and scarcer.
 A committee of citizens from Jacksonville, Fla, has recommended that the resignation of a telegraph operator in that city be accepted, and that any pay due for services be withheld, because he told the female operator at Talla- hasse that there were $50 cases Of yellow fever in JacksonyIlle
 Tho death is announced of 'Grannx" the seq .nemonc N tieh vaa one of the features of lnicse.l ia seieut ty zen at inc Bosaa.e sar- ae4s E lsnbargi "Gr-aas" was taken faeH a pod l.i north l 'n 'sa arl thefs is 2 continuous reeori ai its existee s,aec. F. known to have lived ci is~as sixiy-seyea Essrs ----s~-.-s ss-----asz